Teks -- Mark 9:15 (NET)

9:15 When the whole crowd saw him, they were amazed and ran at once and greeted him.

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per frasa)

Robertson: Mar 9:15 - Were greatly amazed

Were greatly amazed ( exethambēthēsan ).

First aorist passive ingressive aorist with perfective compound eẋ . The sudden and opportune appearance of Jesus in the midst of the dispute when no one was looking for him turned all eyes to him. He would not fail, however the disciples might do so. The people were awed for the moment and then running began to welcome him (protrechontes ēspazonto ). Present participle and imperfect middle indicative.

Vincent: Mar 9:15 - Were greatly amazed

Were greatly amazed ( ἐξεθαμβήθησαν )

A word peculiar to Mark. See Introduction.

Wesley: Mar 9:15 - All the multitude seeing him were greatly amazed

At his coming so suddenly, so seasonably, so unexpectedly: perhaps also at some unusual rays of majesty and glory, which yet remained on his countenance.

JFB: Mar 9:15 - And straightway all the people

The multitude.

JFB: Mar 9:15 - when they beheld him, were greatly amazed

Were astounded.

JFB: Mar 9:15 - and running to him saluted him

The singularly strong expression of surprise, the sudden arrest of the discussion,and the rush of the multitude towards Him, can be accounted for by nothing less than something amazing in His appearance. There can hardly be any doubt that His countenance still retained traces of His transfiguration-glory. (See Exo 34:29-30). So BENGEL, DE WETTE, MEYER, TRENCH, ALFORD. No wonder, if this was the case, that they not only ran to Him, but saluted Him. Our Lord, however, takes no notice of what had attracted them, and probably it gradually faded away as He drew near; but addressing Himself to the scribes, He demands the subject of their discussion, ready to meet them where they had pressed hard upon His half-instructed and as yet timid apostles.

Clarke: Mar 9:15 - Were greatly amazed

Were greatly amazed - Probably, because he came so unexpectedly; but the cause of this amazement is not self-evident.

TSK: Mar 9:15 - were

were : Mar 9:2, Mar 9:3; Exo 34:30

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per Ayat)

Poole: Mar 9:14-16

Ver. 14-16. When Christ came down from the mountain of transfiguration to his disciples, whom he had left at the foot of the mountain, he saw a great multitude got together about them, and discerned some scribes (companions of the Pharisees and teachers of the law) mixing themselves with his disciples, and arguing with them. They had often attempted our Saviour to no purpose but their own shame and confusion; in his absence they fall in with his disciples, who were yet raw in the faith; over them they hope to get a great conquest. The evangelist doth not plainly tell us what the subject matter of their discourse was. Though there be no question but the scribes in this discourse pursued their design to expose and vilify Christ and his disciples, and to that purpose, taking advantage of our Saviour’ s absence, discoursed with them about many things, yet Mr. Calvin doth (not improbably) judge that a great part of their discourse was about our Saviour’ s casting out of devils, and their power in that thing derived from him, they being at the present nonplussed, and not able to exert that power in the casting out of a devil, with which one was possessed, who in our Saviour’ s absence was brought to them. That which maketh this probable is, not only that this act of our Saviour more troubled and galled them than any other, and put them to that miserable refuge, (out of which our Saviour had lately beaten them), to say, That he cast out devils by Beelzebub the prince of devils; but also that when our Saviour, coming in to the timely rescue of his disciples, asked the scribes, What question ye with them?

Gill: Mar 9:15 - And straightway all the people, when they beheld him // Were greatly amazed // and running to him, saluted him

And straightway all the people, when they beheld him,.... As soon as ever they saw him, to many of whom, especially those that followed him out of Galilee, he was personally known.

Were greatly amazed; either that he should come at that juncture, to assist and relieve his disciples, when the Scribes were triumphing over them, as some think; or rather, as others, on account of that remaining lustre and glory which was on his countenance, through his transfiguration, and not yet wholly gone off; like that which was on the face of Moses, when he came down from Mount Sinai:

and running to him, saluted him; wishing him all peace and prosperity, expressing their great joy at his coming to them; which was very desirable by them, and exceedingly pleasing to them, and especially at this time, as both their words and gesture showed.